I'm a huge fan of the podcast Last Podcast on the Left and its brother and sister shows, and for years and years Nothing But Trouble has been a running joke amongst all the hosts. They're allways dropping references to it, named a tour after the movie, and even started a joke campaign to raise the Rotten Tomatoes score, which resulted in the score dropping, because in their words "People are actually watching it and realizing it really isn't a very a good movie!"

Sure enough it's got a 5/10 on IMDb and a 13% on Rotten Tomatoes, so between that and these various podcasts always admitting the movie actually does suck, I was a little turned off about watching it, but last night I finally gave it a go and wound up having a blast.

I mean, for starters Dan Aykroyd is just hilarious going full ham as the judge. I feel like if just about any other actor did that role it'd be unwatchable, but Dan Aykroyd's got some sort of charm to him that makes the character an absolute riot.

I also absolutely loved the visuals, there was something about the chaotic, spooky junkyard setting that was really aesthetically pleasing to me. It reminded of the I, Spy books I read as a kid, where each page was this intricately detailed setpiece and you'd have to find bits and pieces in each scene.

Then you just have how unhinged and weird the movie was. You have the dinner scene, you have John Candy both as a cop and as his own sister, which is just John Candy with a dress, makeup, a wig, and fake tits, you have the judge executing people with the Mad Max-esque rollercoaster, the Bonesplitter, you have the whole scene with the judge bringing in a bunch of rappers (including a pre-fame Tupac Shakur, oddly enough) and performing a rap number with them, with him jamming out an organ solo, which ultimately winds up being a pretty pointless scene, you have the grotesque diaper-wearing man-baby twins, Bobo and Lil Debbul, you have the judge's nose looking like a dick at a random points of the movie, there's just so many strange moments and details in Nothing But Trouble that make it the ultimate "What the fuck am I watching?!" flick.

I almost don't even know if I can really recommend it or not since it technically isn't that great of a movie, but it's so batshit insane that it somehow loops around to be extremely fun to watch. I think I'm mostly curious how many other broken people there are out there that enjoy it as much as I do.